Center for Politics drops Christie from top tier

The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia has dropped Gov. Christie from its top tier of potential Republican candidates for president in 2016. The Center notes that New Jersey has economic problems. And, the Center notes, Christie’s budget situation is awful. Plus former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio have stolen Christie’s thunder. “At this point, Christie is a leading ‘governor alternative,’ but he is no longer in the top tiers of our rankings,” the Center’s Larry Sabato wrote. Read the entire report here.[2]